Key events
World leaders are gathering in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh for a “peace summit” aimed at finalising a permanent truce in Gaza.
Trump will then fly to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt where he will co-chair a “peace summit” attended by the leaders of more than 20 countries aimed at finalising a permanent truce in Gaza.
Donald Trump will co-chair the summit with Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi after the US president travels to Israel on Monday to address its parliament, the Knesset.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, would also attend the summit, an Axios reporter said on Sunday, citing a senior Palestinian official.
Iran confirmed it had been invited by Egypt but said it would not attend. Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X:
While favoring diplomatic engagement, neither President Pezeshkian nor I can engage with counterparts who have attacked the Iranian People and continue to threaten and sanction us.
Thousands of Palestinians have continued to travel north towards the ruins of Gaza City amid the ceasefire as aid agencies worked to rush in more desperately needed aid to the territory.
UN officials said real progress was being made on Sunday – the third day of the truce holding – with the aid being allowed into Gaza
A spokesperson for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Eri Kaneko, said supplies of cooking gas had entered Gaza for the first time since March, the Associated Press reported.
Other aid moving through included flour, fruit and meat.
Welcome summary
Donald Trump is en route to the Middle East after telling reporters the “war is over” and that he expects the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to hold.
The US president will meet families of the hostages in Israel before flying to Egypt for a “peace summit”.
It will be an eventful day. In Israel, families of the 20 remaining living hostages are preparing to welcome them home. Later on Monday, Israel will release about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. After that, the remains of some of the hostages who have died in Gaza are expected to be repatriated.
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Israel expects all 20 living hostages to be released by Hamas on Monday at the same time. Shosh Bedrosian, a spokesperson for Benjamin Netanyahu, said: “Israel is prepared and is ready to immediately receive all of our hostages. The release of our hostages will begin early Monday morning.”
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Hamas is insisting seven Palestinian leaders should be freed in the hostage-prisoner swap, sources close to negotiators told Agence France-Presse.
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Leaders from more than 20 countries will attend a Gaza “peace summit” in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city Sharm el-Sheikh. The summit will finalise the agreement aimed at ending Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Trump departed late on Sunday to Jerusalem to speak at the Knesset – the Israeli parliament – roughly at the same time as the hostage-detainee swap is expected to happen, as well as meeting families of the hostages. He told reporters that “the war is over” in Gaza as he boarded Air Force One.
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After the hostages were freed, Israel was ready to release about 2,000 Palestinian detainees and receive the 28 hostages believed to be dead. US vice-president JD Vance told Fox News: “The reality is, some of the hostages we may never get back.”
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At least 67,806 Palestinian people have been killed and 170,066 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement today. Most of the people killed have been civilians, many of whom were women and children.
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Aid agencies said that, in line with the terms in the ceasefire agreement, they were preparing to “flood” Gaza with food and other essential supplies. Dozens of aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday amid hope for a surge in humanitarian relief.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hoped for a similar agreement to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to put an end to the ongoing war between his own country and Russia.
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Thousands of Palestinians have continued to travel north towards the devastated Gaza City – the focus of Israeli attacks over the past two months – hopeful the ceasefire will bring an end to the war.
